Cue-tip clamp



S. WOJCIK.

cue TIP CLAMP. APPLICATiON FILED NOV- 30, 1920.

1,381,385. Patented June 14, 1921.

Zjnvcntoc J 1 .52, ira b/ik UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEFAN :WOJGIK, or person, 'MEGHIGA'N, AssreNoR or ONE-HALF T0 JACOBLEWANDOWSKI, or nnrnorr, MICHIGAN.

CUE-TIP CLAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patent-Zed J ie 14 '1921 .Applicationfiled November 20, 1920. Serial No. 427,433Q'f To all whom it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, STEFAN VVOJOIK, a citizen of Poland, residing atDetroit, in the county of vVay'ne and State of Michigan, have inventedcertain new and useful'lmprovements'in Cue-Tip Clamps, of which thefollowing'is a specification.

. This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in cuetip clamps and has for one of its objects to provide a device forclamping a tip in position on the end of a one stick during thecementing of the tip.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a one tipclamp wherein a clamp is adapted to be fixed to the outer end of a onestick and carrying a tensioned sliding rod having a disk head at theouter end thereof for engagement with the tip while a shifting lever forthe tensioned rod is adapted to move the same to inoperative positionrelative to the one tip during the mounting of the tip upon the onestick.

lVith the above general objects in view and others that will appear asthe nature of the invention is better understood the same consists inthe novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

In the drawing, wherein like reference characters designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the outer end of a cue stickshowing the present improved form of one tip clamp operativelypositioned thereon,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the-clamp,

Fig. 3 is a front elevational view of the cue stick and clamp,

Fig. d is a rear elevational view of the one stick and clamp showing thesecuring screw for the split ring, and

Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line VV of Fig. 1.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawing there isillustrated a one stick 1 having a leather or rubber tip 2 secured tothe outer end thereof.

T he tip 2 is adhesively secured to the stick 1 and to hold the tip inintimate contact with the end of the one stick during the drying periodof the cement or other adhesive, the clamp disclosed herein is employed.The clamp embodiesa tubular body 8 split on one side thereof as at 4,shown in Fig. 4e and having a collar 5 at its inner end provided withlateral opposed ears 6 through which a tightening set screw 7 extendsfor securing the. clamp 3 upon the stick against relative movement.

i; tensioned rod 8 is slidably associated with the tubular clamp 33, thesame projecting through an apertured lug 9 carried by the outer end ofthe clamp opposite the split side thereof, the rod 8 being provided uponits outer end with a concaved disk head 10 overlying the tip 2 forengagement with the same during the clamping operation. To hold the diskhead 10 in engagement with the tip an expansion coil spring 11 surroundsthe rod 8 between the lug 9 and the disk 12 secured to the rod by thetransverse pin 13. A pair of arms 14 project from the tubular clamp 3adjacent the inner end thereof in longitudinal alinement with the lug 9and have pivoted between the outer ends thereof on the pin 15, an anglelever 16 pivoted at its outer end as at 17 to the inner end of the rod 8while the angle lever 16 inwardly of the pivot pin 15 carries a fingerpiece 18.

The relative angle of the lever parts 16 and 18 permits the rod 8 to bemoved inwardly by the spring 11 with the disk head 10 carried by the rodin engagement with the one tip 2 while the finger piece 18 of the leverengages the adjacent edge of the clamp ring 5. The degree of tension ofthe spring 11 may be varied by shifting the tubular clamp 3 upon the onestick 1 and holding thesam'e in various positions by the clamping screw7. In placing the tip 2 upon the end of the one stick 1 after havingprovided sufficient cementing material upon adjacent faces thereof, andassuming that the rod 8 is in the dotted line position shown in 1, thefinger piece 18 is thenmoved on its pivot 15 with the side brackets 14:to the full line position shown in Fig. 1, the spring holding the clampin this position with the disk head 10 forcibly contacting the cue tip2. In removing the clamp from the stick 1 the screw '7 is releasedwhereupon the clamp may be moved outwardly from incl-osing relationswith respect to the one stick, with the cue tip properly adhering to thestick, and at which time the adjacent edges of the stick and tip may befinished and polished in any manner desired.

While there is herein shown and described the preferred embodiment ofthe present invention, it is nevertheless to be understood that minorchanges may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scopeof the invention as claimed.

WVhat is claimed as new is 1. A cue tip clamp comprising a tubularclamping body, a clamping screw therefor, a. tensioned rod carried bysaid tubular clamp, a disk head carried by the outer end of said rodoverlying said clamp, an angle lever pivotally supported adjacent theinner end of the clamp having one end pivotally connected to the innerend of said tensioned rod with the other end provlding a finger piecefor shlfting said rod.

2. A cue tip clamp of the type described comprising a tubular clampingbody longitudinally split, a ring and clamping screw carried by saidbody, an apertured lug laterally projecting from the outer end of saidclamp, a tensioned rod slidably extending through said lug, a pair ofbracket arms laterally projecting from the inner end of said clamp inalinement with said apertured lug, and an angle lever pivoted betweensaid bracket arms and articulated with the inner end of said rod, thefree end of said lever constituting a fin er piece for shifting thelever and tensioned rod connected therewith.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

STEFAN lVOJCIK.

